Blackfriars, London
Blackfriars | |
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Location within Greater London | |
Sui generis | |
Administrative area | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | EC4 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | City of London |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Blackfriars Priory
The name first occurs in records of 1317 in
Local wharves of Puddle Dock
Until the early 20th century the local wharves were linked to the main street by the formerly narrow street Puddle Dock. These stood by an often dredged up to, pier- and mooring post-lined, substantial mudbank of the City – in the south-east of modern Blackfriars. Among these were Wheatsheaf Wharf. Paul's Stairs is east of the modern floating pier, leading to the much narrowed, wholly tidal foreshore (meaning immersed for much of the tidal phases).[2]
Amenities
Some of the buildings were later leased to a group of entrepreneurs who created the Blackfriars Theatre on the site, near Shakespeare's Globe Theatre which stood almost directly across the river. In 1632, the Society of Apothecaries (a livery company), acquired the late medieval guesthouse which they converted as their base. This was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666 but the Society rebuilt it, becoming today's Apothecaries' Hall due north of the station.
At the very centre of the zone, in typical London equidistance from stations post-pariochial terms, is
The
The forerunner station stood south of the river,
Listed buildings
One or two elaborate streets of Blackfriars were well repaired after the City was heavily bombed in the Blitz (1940 to 1945). These, of genuine Victorian or city Georgian architecture, are frequently sets for film and television series. These include Sherlock Holmes and David Copperfield.[3]
Burials at Blackfriars, London
- Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton
- Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings
- Robert St. Lawrence 3rd Baron Howth[4]
- Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent
- John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope
Neighbouring parts of London
- North bank, clockwise:
- Temple
- Fleet Street
- City Thameslink
- St Paul's
- Mansion House (south-east of above)
- South bank:
Gallery
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Apothecaries' Hall in Blackfriars, 1831
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Blackfriars is home to many investment banks and financial services companies
See also
List of monastic houses in London
References
- ISBN 9781783272242. Archived from the originalon 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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- ^ Francis Erlington Ball 'History of Dublin'
Further reading
- Walter Gumbley, G., On the name Blackfriars, Spirituality Today, (1986)
- Nick Holder, The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution Archived 20 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine (2017); chapter 2, pages 27–56